Cowon A2, User Manual

Page 1: ...User s Guide ver 1 0 EN ...

Page 2: ...s is the responsibility of the actual users In order for you to receive specialized iAUDIO services we recommend that you complete customer registration at http www iAUDIO com to register as an official customer Various specialized benefits are only available to registered users who have completed the customer registration Users who do not complete the customer registration are regarded that they do...

Page 3: ...A2 9 Upgrading Firmware 2 Basic Features 1 Running Files 2 Button Controls 3 Advanced Features 1 File Browser 2 Playlist 3 USB Host Connection 4 Radio Mode 5 Record Mode 6 AV OUT 7 Wallpaper 8 Setup Mode 4 Setup Features 1 Setup List 2 Display 3 Sound 4 System 5 Information 6 Movie Player 7 Music Player 8 Radio 9 Recorder 5 Product Details 1 Product Specifications 2 Installation CD 3 Converting Fil...

Page 4: ...functions Handle the power plug only with dry hands otherwise an electric shock may occur Listening at high volumes for extended periods may harm your hearing Using the player in places with high occurrences of static electricity may cause malfunctions Stored data may get lost by physical impact damage or error therefore always backup important files All data stored in the player may become deleted...

Page 5: ...hat are not supported at first try are easily viewable after a simple conversion step using JetAudio VX Movie recording Directly record with external AV devices TV VCR camcorder and then store to enjoy Immediately record by connecting to external AV OUT jack and your A2 with the AV cable included in your package Powerful audio format support Supports MP3 OGG WMA ASF and WAV file formats and restores...

Page 6: ...th UMS support to your A2 Logo and wallpaper screen Images files of logos and wallpapers can be created by the user to present a unique style like no other Comfortable clock feature Basic clock feature is included also with easy clock view alarm and scheduled recording notices and more Easy Upgrade with Firmware Download Easily upgrade your player with the firmware download feature We provide new fir...

Page 7: ...uct Package Components COWON A2 Body USB 2 0 Cable Line in Recording Cable Install CD JetShell JetAudio User s Manual AC Power Adapter Bundle Earphones How to use your Carrying Case USB Host Cable Hand Strap Carrying Case AV AV A Cable ...

Page 8: ...8 COWON A2 Right Front Left Bottom Top Names of Parts Before Using this Product 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 11 13 14 15 16 17 ...

Page 9: ...ns files when pressed r Moves up down left and right and either selects or runs files when pressed r LED Indicates basic player status BACK button Clear selections or exit from current mode A B C buttons Runs A B and C features below the screen RESET hole Cuts off power when the player is malfunctioning Does not influence player operations LCD AV OUT HOLD switch Selects items on the screen and also s...

Page 10: ... Browser 2 If properly connected the following appears on the LCD Connect your computer when the HOLD switch beneath the player is at LCD or AV OUT The player can be charged through USB DEVICE depending on the HOLD switch position If the HOLD switch is at LCD The player is recognized as a portable storage device Battery will be used and not be charged If the HOLD switch is at AV OUT The player is ...

Page 11: ... USB cable 1 Insert the installation CD included in your package in the CD ROM drive of the computer If you don t have the CD download it from www iAUDIO com 3 The following Add New Hardware Wizard window will appear Click Next 4 Click Search for the best driver for your device Recommended then click Next 5 Click Specify a location and click the Browse button 6 Select the Win98 folder in the insta...

Page 12: ...disconnected from the computer after checking the Safe To Remove Hardware message because of the player contains a hard disk If the following message appears run Safe To Remove Hardware after a few minutes This is not a malfunction If your operating system does not display the Safe To Remove Hardware window disconnect the player after all transfer operations are completed Only simple file transfer ...

Page 13: ...nd the Power button with your right hand at the same time to display the firmware upgrade image 6 Remove your hand and wait for the upgrade to complete 7 When the initial Menu screen automatically appears go to Setting Info and check to see if the firmware version and application version matches 8 Upgrade is complete If you are unable to operate the player because the System folder is deleted upgrad...

Page 14: ...gain 8 Shortly press the BACK button during playback and the File Browser will appear Press the BACK button again to go to the Mode Selection screen 9 Press and hold the power switch to turn off the player Only the list of files that are playable per mode is displayed for each Movie Music Photo Text mode Files are played in the same method for each mode Press and hold BACK button anytime during pla...

Page 15: ...larged screen in photo viewer Moves to the previous page in text viewer Skips to the next file during file playback Press and hold to browse files during file playback Opens a folder in File Browser Shows the popup menu of a file in File Browser Adjusts values in setting items or moves categories Moves to the right of the enlarged screen in photo viewer Moves to the next page in text viewer Pauses file ...

Page 16: ... All files appear in Browser mode Moving a File Browser Item Move the lever towards or to move through items up and down Press move the lever towards to open a folder Move the lever towards to exit the folder Returns to the Mode Selection screen in the root folder Move Up Down Move Folder Playback Popup Selecting a File Browser Item Press or move the lever towards on a folder to open it Pressing th...

Page 17: ...s in a playlist move the lever towards in a playlist and select Clear Playlist When playing files from a playlist after a file is played the next file on the list will start to play Playlists in Movie and Text mode can contain up to 50 files and in Music and Photo mode up to 100 files File Browser Popup Menu Move the lever towards on a file to open a popup menu for the appropriate mode Move the lever to...

Page 18: ...SB compatible device If the device is compatible list of folders and files in the device will appear on the right of the screen Select a folder or file to copy and press the A button then a popup menu will appear and select Copy Press the B button to move between A2 and the USB compatible device list Press the C button again to end USB Host mode USB Host Compatible Device Digital cameras MP3 players...

Page 19: ... Press and hold the BACK button to stop the radio Preset Setting and Usage Press the A button on a desired frequency and the frequency will be saved Press the lever to enter to Preset mode and move the lever towards or to move through saved frequencies Press the A button in preset mode to delete a saved frequency Record Mode Usage Record using the AV or Line in cable and the built in microphone Co...

Page 20: ...recording file can be played in Movie and Music mode Recorded Video screen does not appear on the LCD When recording battery consumption is higher than during normal operation therefore fully charge the player before recording Scheduled Recording Moe to Setup System Alarm mode There are three alarm modes Movie Player Music Player FM Radio and four scheduled recording modes When setting a scheduled ...

Page 21: ...ce manual Move the switch at the bottom of A2 to AV OUT and the screen from A2 will be displayed on the external AV device If the screen does not display properly check the following Check to see of the switch on the bottom of A2 is set to AV OUT Settings in Setup Display TV Standard are valid Select either NTSC or PAL Make sure the connection cable is connected properly Ensure the input jack and ...

Page 22: ... unable to be set during movie or music playback Setup Mode Usage Press the lever in Setup mode and 8 modes will be displayed again Move to the desired mode press the lever and the Detailed Setting screen will appear Move the lever towards or to move up and down in the Detailed Setting screen Move the lever towards or to set values Some items are categorized depend on the mode in the Detailed Sett...

Page 23: ... Browser Resume Alarm Alarm Mode Wakeup Time Duration Recurring Mode Power Sleep Timer LCD Off System Off Display Sound System 1 Setup List General Aspect Ratio Subtitle General Boundary Repeat Shuffle Display Lyrics Time Display Genera Stereo Region General Line in Volume Mic Volume Mic AGC Video Video Quality Audio Qualiy Audio Channel Audio Line in Quality Line in Channel Radio Quality Radio Cha...

Page 24: ...ure Brightness Adjust brightness of the wallpaper Brightness levels range from 9 to 9 Preview Currently set wallpaper is displayed To set an image as the wallpaper open the popup menu of the file to be used as the wallpaper in Photo mode and select Set Wallpaper Appearance UI Language You can choose which language to use for UIs Text Scroll Speed Adjust the scrolling speed of the text displayed in ...

Page 25: ...tereo Set to either Stereo or Mono JetEffect Equalizer Either choose preset EQ or customizable 5 Band EQ BBE BBE is the sound field effect that provides clear music Mach3Bass Mach3Bass is the base booster that enhances the super low end bass MP Enhance MP Enhance is the sound field effect that compensate for missing sound segments 3D Surround 3D Surround provides three dimensional sound effects 4 Sy...

Page 26: ...ecified time has elapsed Recurring Mode Select Alarm period If set to Once the alarm only operates only once If set to Daily alarm operates every day and when set to Weekdays alarm only operates from Monday to Friday Power Sleep Timer Automatically turns off the player after the preset time has elapsed to save power After the preset time has elapsed the player will turn off even when in use LCD Off...

Page 27: ...cts the aspect ratio of movie files If set to Auto the aspect ratio is set to original percent If set to either 16 9 or 4 3 original percent is ignored and the selected ratio will be indicated If 4 3 ratio is selected please use during AV OUT Subtitle enabled If there is a subtitle file smi subtitle will be displayed on the screen with the image In this case the both names of the subtitle file and th...

Page 28: ...Within the range specified in Boundary repeat playback can be set If set to On playback is repeated after all files within the range are played If set to Current only one file is played Shuffle Within the range specified in Boundary random playback can be set If set to On files within the range are randomly played Display Lyrics LDB Set to display lyrics of music files that contain lyric information Musi...

Page 29: ...one Sound increases as much as the number goes higher Mic AGC Automatically adjust the high and low sounds of the recordings Responses sensitively as the number increases Video Video Quality When recording Video set the quality of the video file recording through the AV IN Higher the bps and resolution is better the quality of video but the size of the file becomes larger and more battery power is u...

Page 30: ...nel of the audio file recording through the AV IN Radio Quality When recording Radio set the quality of the recording file Higher the bps is better the sound quality but the size of the file becomes larger and more battery power is used Radio Channel When recording Radio set the channel of the recording file Mic Quality Set the quality of the file recorded with the built in microphone Higher the bps is...

Page 31: ...phone Mono FM radio Frequency range 76 108 MHz Country specific frequency settings 25 preset stations supported Antenna Earphone cord antenna Powersupply Built in battery Lithium polymer 4300mAh Battery charge time About 5 hours after AC adapter connection AC adapter DC 5 0V 2A Storage device Hard disk 1 8 in 20G 30G FAT32 File System USB Interface USB Device USB 2 0 High Speed max 480Mbps USB Host...

Page 32: ...le format JPG BMP PNG Resolution JPG Max 4 million pixels PNG Max 3 million pixels BMP Max 4 million 24 bit 6 million 16 bit 12 million 8 bit pixels Text Viewer File format TXT EUC KR Korean EUC JP Japanese GB2312 Simplified Chinese Big5 Traditional Chinese ISO 8859 1 Latin UTF 8 Auto detection for Unicode Documents with BOM Header Unlimited file size Applications Videos created with MPEG4 QPEL Quar...

Page 33: ...44 1kHz 192 Kbps Record specifications may change according to performance improvements Installation CD The installation CD contains the world famous integrated multimedia program JetAudio VX and a file management program JetShell A2 software multimedia sample files and driver file for Windows 98 SE are also included in the CD Converting Files with JetAudio VX 1 Install and then run JetAudio VX ...

Page 34: ... folder location to save the converted files and presetting press Start on the upper right corner to start conversion Product Details Clicking Preview to check the converted screen without saving the file To convert the file with subtitles or to change settings click Convert Options Not all files are convertible Files initially damaged before conversion may not be viewed on A2 even though conversion w...

Page 35: ...smissions Check to see if the earphone is connected to the player This player does not have a separate antenna therefore uses earphones as antennas to receive radio reception Noise is heard from recordings A small sized hard disk is installed in the body of the player which may make noise that can be picked up during recording Recording sound may not be even due to the characteristics of the digit...

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